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White-tailed Prairie Dog
Up one levelJulie MacDonald: The complete 10-25-04 white-tailed prairie dog edits
This shows all of the edits Julie MacDonald made (using MS Word's "track changes" feature) on October 25, 2004 to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's decision to protect the white-tailed prairie dog. The "jm" at the beginning of every comment indicates they are her edits. Deleted text is in the margins and underlined text indicates her insertions. At this stage she had not yet reversed the biologists' conclusions but her edits disregarded the compelling biological evidence compiled by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for protecting the prairie dog.
Julie MacDonald: A side by side comparison of MacDonald’s edits and final decision
This is an overview of how Julie MacDonald (a political appointee at the U.S. Department of Interior) altered the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's decision about protecting the white-tailed prairie dog. It provides a side-by-side comparison of MacDonald's edits to the Service's original decision and the published version.
White-tailed Prairie Dog
The white-tailed prairie dog resembles other prairie dog species, but its white-tipped tail and dark cheek and eyebrow patches are distinctive. Unfortunately, prairie dogs share more than just looks — plague, poisoning, shooting, and habitat loss have caused major declines in all five species.
white-tailed prairie dog Endangered Species Act listing petition
On July 11, 2002, Center for Native Ecosystems, Biodiversity Conservation Alliance, Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance, American Lands Alliance, Forest Guardians, The Ecology Center, Sinapu, and Terry Tempest Williams formally petitioned the U.S. Fish and Willdife Service to protect the white-tailed prairie dog under the Endangered Species Act.
States' Conservation Assessment for the white-tailed prairie dog
The four state wildlife agencies that manage white-tailed prairie dogs produced a Conservation Assessment for the species. This is the August 2004 version that the Service references in the 90-day finding.
Julie MacDonald: Chain of emails overturning biologists' decision
This chain of emails chronicles how the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service was going to consider the white-tailed prairie dog for protection but was reversed by MacDonald.
Published white-tailed prairie dog 90-day finding
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's negative 90-day finding on the white-tailed prairie dog petition, published November 9, 2004.
